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This journal discusses photography in all its guises with an emphasis on the art of making photographs.
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The Leica M-series, being a rangefinder non-SLR, did not have zoom lenses, but some splendid ones like the Summilux, Summicron, Elmar and Elmarit, ranging from 35, 50 90 to 135 mm, besides the 21 mm Super-Angulon. They were all compact and eminently carryable, and we Leica buffs did not miss the SLRs with their bulky zooms. The Visoflex even allowed Macro with the 65 mm Macro-Elmarit by converting the M into an SLR of sorts.
The compact Lumix 40 mm (equiv.) with f/1.7 is a lens in the same tradition, but by now, even long-time users of the Leica M have become addicts of the versatile zoom lenses. It is not so much the carrying of several lenses, but the hassle of changing quickly enough when required that has made us converts. And it must be admitted that when zooms can deliver quality, there will be no room for the fixed-focal-length lenses in a photographer’s kit bag.